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Lights, camera, show biz!

By Deborah Loh

THE third installment of The Nut Graph‘s forum series Found in Conversation focused on Creativity and Innovation in Show Biz. It featured 8TV executive director and Media Prima chief executive officer of Alt Media Ahmad Izham Omar, independent singer-songwriter Azmyl Yunor, and actor-director Joanna Bessey. The event was held at Leonardo’s Dining Room & Wine […]

Revolutionising education

By The Nut Graph

ON 25 July 2010, The Nut Graph and three experts grappled with what needs to be done to restore our public education through the forum Found in Conversation: Creativity and Innovation in Education. On the panel were educator and dancer-choreographer Datin Marion D’Cruz, 3R executive producer and social commentator Datin Paduka Marina Mahathir, and Learning […]

“Remove the politicians from education”

By Deborah Loh

VARIOUS concerns about Malaysia’s education system emerged from the The Nut Graph‘s latest forum, Found in Conversation: Creativity and Innovation in Education. But they all centred on a key and not unfamiliar complaint: that education is too politicised. Whether concerns were about the curriculum, the lack of critical thinking, obsession with scoring As, lack of […]

Revolutionising Malaysian education

By Ding Jo-Ann

THE Nut Graph held its second Found in Conversation event titled Creativity and Innovation in Education on 25 July 2010 in Kuala Lumpur. Panelists comprised educator and dancer-choreographer Datin Marion D’Cruz, 3R executive producer and social commentator Datin Marina Mahathir, and Learning Beyond Schooling founder KV Soon, who is a proponent of homeschooling. About 40 […]

MP Watch: Who replied, who didn’t, and why

By Deborah Loh and Koh Lay Chin

THE number of Members of Parliament (MPs) who fully participated in the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project is just slightly more than those who did not, at 113 to 109. There are a total of 222 MPs in the Dewan Rakyat. Pakatan Rakyat (PR) MPs were the most participative, with 61 or 80.2% out […]

Creating a purposeful Parliament

Guest Column by Jamie Khoo

ONE thing is obvious from the answers of the Members of Parliament (MPs) who responded to The Nut Graph‘s MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project: more focus is given to their roles as constituency caretakers than as lawmakers. Not that it’s entirely the MPs’ fault. Part of the reason for this is the way the […]

First phase of MP Watch completed

By Deborah Loh

PETALING JAYA, 16 July 2010: All 222 Members of Parliament (MPs) have been contacted for the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, and have responded with either full answers or a non-reply. As of 15 July, 113 MPs answered in full all six questions on key democracy issues that were posed to them. The other […]

Amran Ab Ghani (Tanah Merah) [Updated 15 July 2010]

By Koh Lay Chin

TANAH MERAH Member of Parliament (MP) Amran Ab Ghani’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. Name: Amran Ab Ghani Constituency: Tanah Merah Party: PKR Years as MP: Since 2008 Government position: None Party position: • Kelantan treasurer Membership in parliamentary committees or caucuses: None Blog/Website: […]

Ab Aziz Ab Kadir (Ketereh) [Updated 15 July 2010]

By Koh Lay Chin

KETEREH Member of Parliament (MP) Ab Aziz Ab Kadir’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. Name: Ab Aziz Ab Kadir Constituency: Ketereh Party: PKR Years as MP: Since 2008 Government position: None Party position: None Membership in parliamentary committees or caucus: None Blog/Website: None Original […]